The Environmental Inequity of AI

Building Local Power
12/12/2024 28 min

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Episode Synopsis

AI technology and large language models are growing in popularity. Also growing is the technology's detrimental effect on the environment. Each query into ChatGPT, to use one example, requires billions of calculations. Multiply that by millions of users, and suddenly, tech companies need to greatly expand their computing power in the form of new, energy-draining […]

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